# 暗

| 暗 | U+6697, &#26263; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6697 |
| ← 暖 [U+6696] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 暘 → [U+6698] |

## Translingual
### Han character

暗 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日卜廿日 (AYTA), four-corner 6006$_1$, composition ⿰日音)
* dark
* obscure
* in secret, covert

#### Derived characters

* 𭋎, 𢶹, 𰖷

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 498, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14065
* Dae Jaweon: page 866, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1526, character 6
* Unihan data for U+6697

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 暗
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 諳 | *qɯːm |
| 腤 | *qɯːm |
| 嬜 | *qɯːm, *qʰaːm, *qʰrɯm |
| 喑 | *qɯːm, *qrɯm, *qrɯms |
| 揞 | *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯːms |
| 隌 | *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯm |
| 罯 | *qɯːmʔ, *qɯːb |
| 暗 | *qɯːms |
| 闇 | *qɯːms |
| 黯 | *qrɯːm, *qrɯːmʔ |
| 歆 | *qʰrɯm |
| 愔 | *qɯm |
| 韾 | *qɯm |
| 音 | *qrɯm |
| 瘖 | *qrɯm |
| 窨 | *qrɯms |
| 湆 | *kʰrɯb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qɯːms) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 音 (OC *qrɯm).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Compare 陰”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): àn (an$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): am$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): am
    (Hailu, HRS): am$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): am$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): o̤̿ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): áng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): àm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): am$^3$ / ang$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$oe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngan$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: àn
*** Zhuyin: ㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: àn
*** Wade–Giles: an$^4$
*** Yale: àn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ann
*** Palladius: ань (anʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: am$^3$
*** Yale: am
*** Cantonese Pinyin: am$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: em$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐm³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: am
*** Hakka Romanization System: am
*** Hagfa Pinyim: am$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /am⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: am$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /am¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: am$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /am⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: o̤̿ng
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: áng
*** Sinological IPA : /ɑŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm
*** Tâi-lô: àm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: axm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /am²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /am²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: am$^3$ / ang$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àm / àng
*** Sinological IPA : /am²¹³/, /aŋ²¹³/
* am3 - Chaozhou;
* ang3 - Chenghai.
* Middle Chinese: 'omH
Rime :
| Character | 暗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 烏紺切 |
| Baxter | 'omH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔʌm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔəm$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɒm$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔəm$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔᴀm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɒm$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔăm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | àn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | am$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qˤum-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qɯːms/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 暗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | àn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔom$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*qˁum-s/ |
| English | dark |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 暗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15213 |
| Phonetic component | 音 |
| Rime group | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 暗 |
| Old Chinese | /*qɯːms/ |

### Definitions

暗
* dark (without light); dim
    Antonym: 明 (míng)
    天色暗了 ― tiānsè àn le ― The sky darkened.
    屋子裡很暗。／屋子里很暗。 ― Wūzi lǐ hěn àn. ― It is very dark in the room.
* dull; not bright
    暗紅／暗红 ― àn hóng ― dull red
* secret; covert
    暗號／暗号 ― ànhào ― secret signal
* confused; ignorant
       jiāntīng zé míng, piānxìn zé àn [Pinyin]
       Listen to both sides and you will be enlightened, heed only one side and you will be benighted.
* (Southern Min) late
* (Cantonese) to lull
       maa$^{1-4}$ maa$^1$ coeng$^3$ go$^1$ am$^3$ bi$^4$ bi$^1$ fan$^3$. [Jyutping]
       The mother sings to lull the baby to sleep.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 遲, 晚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 晚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 晚, 遲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 晚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 晚, 遲 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 晚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 晚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 晚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 晚, 遲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 晚, 遲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 晏, 晚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 晏, 遲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 晏 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 晏 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 晚, 遲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 晚, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 遲水 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang (Yangdong) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Yangdong (Yashao) | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Yangchun | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Yangxi | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 晏, 遲 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 晏 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 晏 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 遲 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 晏 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 晏 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 遲, 晏 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 晝 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 遲 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 晏 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 慢 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 慢 |
| Hakka | Changting | 晏 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 遲 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 遲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 晏 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 遲 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 晏 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 晏 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 晏 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 遲 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 遲 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 遲 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 晏 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 遲, 晚 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 晏 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 晏 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 慢 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 晏 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 遲, 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 遲 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 遲, 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 遲, 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 遲, 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 遲 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 慢 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 慢 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 遲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 晏, 暗 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 晏, 暗 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 晏, 暗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 晏 GT, 暗 GT |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 暗, 晏 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 晏, 暗 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 遲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 晏, 慢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 晏, 慢 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 晏, 慢 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 晏, 暗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 晏 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 晏 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 慢 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 慢 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 晏 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 晏, 遲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 晏 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 晏 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 晏 |
| Wu | Danyang | 晚 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 晏, 遲 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 晏 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 遲 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 晏, 遲 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 晏 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

### Compounds

* 下昏暗
* 不侮暗室
* 不欺暗室 (bùqī'ànshì)
* 中暗箭
* 偷期暗會 / 偷期暗会
* 化暗為明 / 化暗为明
* 半明半暗
* 去暗投明
* 天昏地暗 (tiānhūndì'àn)
* 幽暗 (yōu'àn)
* 打暗號 / 打暗号
* 明來暗往 / 明来暗往
* 昏天暗地
* 明察暗訪 / 明察暗访 (míngchá'ànfǎng)
* 昏暗 (hūn'àn)
* 明暗 (míng'àn)
* 明查暗訪 / 明查暗访 (míngchá'ànfǎng)
* 明棄暗取 / 明弃暗取
* 明槍暗箭 / 明枪暗箭
* 明欺暗騙 / 明欺暗骗
* 明爭暗鬥 / 明争暗斗 (míngzhēng'àndòu)
* 明珠暗投 (míngzhū'àntóu)
* 晦暗 (huì'àn)
* 暗下 (ànxià)
* 暗中 (ànzhōng)
* 暗中摸索
* 暗九
* 暗事 (ànshì)
* 暗井 (ànjǐng)
* 暗付
* 暗傷 / 暗伤 (ànshāng)
* 暗光鳥 / 暗光鸟 (àm-kong-chiáu) (Min Nan)
* 暗匣 (ànxiá)
* 暗反應 / 暗反应
* 暗合 (ànhé)
* 暗吃一驚 / 暗吃一惊
* 暗含 (ànhán)
* 暗哨 (ànshào)
* 暗哨兒 / 暗哨儿
* 暗喜 (ànxǐ)
* 暗喻 (ànyù)
* 暗器 (ànqì)
* 暗地 (àndì)
* 暗地裡 / 暗地里 (àndìlǐ)
* 暗場 / 暗场 (ànchǎng)
* 暗堡 (ànbǎo)
* 暗壩 / 暗坝
* 暗夜
* 暗天 (àntiān)
* 暗娼 (ànchāng)
* 暗室 (ànshì)
* 暗室不欺
* 暗室可欺
* 暗室私心
* 暗室虧心 / 暗室亏心
* 暗室逢燈 / 暗室逢灯
* 暗害 (ànhài)
* 暗射 (ànshè)
* 暗射地圖 / 暗射地图 (ànshè dìtú)
* 暗度陳倉 / 暗度陈仓 (àndùchéncāng)
* 暗影 (ànyǐng)
* 暗忖 (àncǔn)
* 暗息
* 暗想 (ànxiǎng)
* 暗戀 / 暗恋 (ànliàn)
* 暗房 (ànfáng)
* 暗探 (àntàn)
* 暗昧 (ànmèi)
* 暗時 / 暗时 (am-sṳ̀)
* 暗暗 (àn'àn)
* 暗查
* 暗棋 (ànqí)
* 暗槍 / 暗枪
* 暗槓 / 暗杠 (àngàng)
* 暗樁 / 暗桩
* 暗樓子 / 暗楼子 (ànlóuzi)
* 暗殺 / 暗杀 (ànshā)
* 暗沙 (ànshā)
* 暗沉沉
* 暗泣 (ànqì)
* 暗河 (ànhé)
* 暗流 (ànliú)
* 暗淡 (àndàn)
* 暗淡無光 / 暗淡无光 (àndànwúguāng)
* 暗渠
* 暗溝 / 暗沟 (àngōu)
* 暗潮 (àncháo)
* 暗潮洶湧 / 暗潮汹涌
* 暗澹 (àndàn)
* 暗灘 / 暗滩 (àntān)
* 暗火 (ànhuǒ)
* 暗無天日 / 暗无天日 (ànwútiānrì)
* 暗疾 (ànjí)
* 暗盤 / 暗盘 (ànpán)
* 暗盤兒 / 暗盘儿
* 暗砂
* 暗碼 / 暗码 (ànmǎ)
* 暗碼兒 / 暗码儿
* 暗礁 (ànjiāo)
* 暗示 (ànshì)
* 暗笑 (ànxiào)
* 暗算 (ànsuàn)
* 暗箱 (ànxiāng)
* 暗箭 (ànjiàn)
* 暗箭中人
* 暗箭傷人 / 暗箭伤人 (ànjiànshāngrén)
* 暗箭明鎗 / 暗箭明枪
* 暗箭難防 / 暗箭难防
* 暗結珠胎 / 暗结珠胎
* 暗線 / 暗线 (ànxiàn)
* 暗線光譜 / 暗线光谱
* 暗自 (ànzì)
* 暗自竊喜 / 暗自窃喜
* 暗色 (ànsè)
* 暗花兒 / 暗花儿 (ànhuār)
* 暗藏 (àncáng)
* 暗藏玄機 / 暗藏玄机
* 暗藹 / 暗蔼
* 暗處 / 暗处 (ànchù)
* 暗虛 / 暗虚
* 暗號 / 暗号 (ànhào)
* 暗號兒 / 暗号儿
* 暗虧 / 暗亏 (ànkuī)
* 暗行
* 暗袋
* 暗裡 / 暗里 (ànlǐ)
* 暗計 / 暗计
* 暗記 / 暗记 (ànjì)
* 暗記兒 / 暗记儿 (ànjìr)
* 暗訪 / 暗访 (ànfǎng)
* 暗話 / 暗话 (ànhuà)
* 暗語 / 暗语 (ànyǔ)
* 暗轉 / 暗转 (ànzhuǎn)
* 暗送秋波 (ànsòngqiūbō)
* 暗通款曲 (àntōngkuǎnqū)
* 暗道 (àndào)
* 暗釦 / 暗扣
* 暗鎖 / 暗锁 (ànsuǒ)
* 暗門 / 暗门
* 暗門子 / 暗门子
* 暗間兒 / 暗间儿 (ànjiānr)
* 暗順應 / 暗顺应
* 暗頓 / 暗顿 (àm-tǹg)
* 暗香 (ànxiāng)
* 暗香疏影
* 暗鬥 / 暗斗 (àndòu)
* 暗黑 (ànhēi)
* 曾母暗沙 (Zēngmǔ Ànshā)
* 柳暗花明 (liǔ'ànhuāmíng)
* 棄暗投明 / 弃暗投明 (qì'àntóumíng)
* 欲暗仔 (beh-àm-á)
* 潛移暗化 / 潜移暗化
* 灰暗 (huī'àn)
* 珠胎暗結 / 珠胎暗结 (zhūtāi'ànjié)
* 紅絲暗繫 / 红丝暗系
* 綠暗紅稀 / 绿暗红稀
* 背暗投明
* 花明柳暗
* 蒙籠暗碧 / 蒙笼暗碧
* 迷暗
* 陰暗 / 阴暗 (yīn'àn)
* 頭昏眼暗 / 头昏眼暗
* 食暗 (chia̍h-àm)
* 黑暗 (hēi'àn)
* 黑暗世界
* 黑暗大陸 / 黑暗大陆
* 黑暗時代 / 黑暗时代 (Hēi'ànshídài)
* 黝暗

### References

* “暗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01812

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 暗 |
| Kyūjitai | 暗󠄁 暗+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 暗󠄃 暗+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* darkness

#### Readings

* Go-on: おん (on)
* Kan-on: あん (an, Jōyō)
* Kun: くらい (kurai, 暗い, Jōyō)、くらむ (kuramu, 暗む)、くれる (kureru, 暗れる)、そらんずる (soranzuru, 暗ずる)、ひそかに (hisokani, 暗かに)、やみ (yami, 暗)

#### See also

* 闇 (Non-Tōyō character in place of which this character is written)
* 暗闇(くらやみ) (kurayami)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 暗
* あん Grade: 3
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 暗 (MC 'omH).
The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あん [áꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ã̠ɴ]

### Noun

暗(あん) • (an)
* darkness

### Affix

暗(あん) • (an)
* dark
* blackish
* foolish
* secret; covert
* memorize; recite from memory

#### Derived terms

* 暗影(あんえい) (an'ei): shadow, gloom
* 暗雲(あんうん) (an'un)
* 暗記(あんき) (anki)
* 暗愚(あんぐ) (angu)
* 暗君(あんくん) (ankun)
* 暗号(あんごう) (angō)
* 暗黒(あんこく) (ankoku): darkness
* 暗殺(あんさつ) (ansatsu)
* 暗示(あんじ) (anji)
* 暗室(あんしつ) (anshitsu)
* 暗礁(あんしょう) (anshō)
* 暗澹(あんたん) (antan)
* 暗中(あんちゅう)模(も)索(さく) (anchū mosaku)
* 暗転(あんてん) (anten)
* 暗譜(あんぷ) (anpu)
* 暗黙(あんもく) (anmoku)
* 暗夜(あんや) (an'ya)
* 暗躍(あんやく) (an'yaku)
* 明暗(めいあん) (meian)
* 暗影(あんえい) (an'ei)
* 暗唱(あんしょう) (anshō)

### References

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1071 (paper), page 586 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 647 (paper), page 336 (digital)
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

暗 (eumhun 어두울 암 (eoduul am))
* hanja form of 암 (“darkness”)

#### Compounds

* 암살 (暗殺, amsal, “assassination”)
* 암호 (暗號, amho, “password; code”)
* 암흑 (暗黑, amheuk, “dark (a complete or partial absence of light)”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

暗: Hán Nôm readings: ám
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